Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02
The FIELD or HONOR.


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4 hundred tnBantNime kad b1sn tnkEed
lnonn. TIE taruh ~ the e1mhas wege
thae fheg aAoul1 ilahs ahs poieuneus 30.
deen and nos M1eh Other. Uhessel
essaDsd uuhuTt Wa1 % - een1losle1
fha viaioR. The rn91ls - f11t bqs1
eambaaauae WaEa atuna 70 0aAl1s kAaE0'
" iong nbsurd, boz more % aooeH1asoe
@ffh De ssao6n.p has been TIE Boa
IanrsR.FerYy aasoo % Frames. kSou
fhe barinnfaa ths efforts 81 ell ooneegn-
e. eTesp1, perhaps, ths 0s1eraL have
baeE dfreotsd % Tad CT boz no9 % %
Il. and whan Bookcases expIesBed ~
deniFe thas tha mmsfiea should haxe IN
aorrecfahls reguitS ms1ntnR thessby
~ wiEhsd 10 aplnkn Ms minlstoEiaI -
VeRaaRy. ho wna rouDdiy eooioeo from
90 end e Hrnnoo q TIE other for ne
hloodthfsNs1nam NeMEwhils TIE Paris
journals have laeaned with aoocunia o.
ne psopass6 dnei, eas4yB CD
TEE cona on Moaoa,
Tks ennssaI uilllfy Of this meas ef ST
llina dispatas and stories Of pas1 en.
oennfers. Modern Efeneh daela are
rarely very nsEiona. The leaat scratch
afak fanIef o. a uxznanne % ehcfa
81 0r49 pkaaa bIinRlna the matter % "a
enA, Abs arO4inR tendene5 % ranoeE
ahaua harmlaaa has also TIE eteet 70
rnake ibau nbsurd. and u viii probably
not b many years ere the Whloo aynfezn
VII s. abolished by public oDinious -
4 alrnaAV Las been n EnRiand, Ireland
ard ebis eonnlFy. And yet he tine
haa no9 % lona passed when u vas The
uniVsFanl mode Of tettiina poF9o1al
diapatoa the World over and had tie
eOanisnanee and approval Of the most
dla.inouiahed men che world has knoWn.
Perhaps 10 20 country haa daeltne
seaf haSn earriod On With the enthasi-
- Il'st chffaotssirsd rs histories 10
FeSIaaA. Il - atle1ly instinoe IbeFs
nov, bat tha Tins WA when The "0feen
fslsf was The happy bnntlne- Rsound e.
nafiafaetion garden spot Of dasi
Ieln. The sdaoaaioa e . gouna mn
80 not ems dalDd sqmplole ppiil be
nd lahan 3 dearoa via ne pistol. and
~ coon e. any one vas conapionoaa
enoueh 10 be ths subieot Of cOnvefsa-
tIon fwo ausstiona weFa SURE 70 Be pal
--sfNhas family h be Oft" HAS be
atas kIaz6afH tbs duaiine stofias In
aChafl6s O'M6ller." Harry Lore
aner.1 aJaak Hinkou," and TON
Barrie Of Oars" have nore OF less fo1n-
Aafsan Il faot, and fern ne most inter.
eolieQ faaaeol q thoee Foilieking
noveIs d caarlA ESqsf. The sketches
Of harrington and the
MnMoEas AND BIOGRAPHIES
OF a huudraa yhafs ago portray Wv
ille thia esnke ~ Irish life. Sir Jonah
BefFinaton Details no less than "a
memorable and ofnclAl dusla ~ hayine
occurred darlna the period Of which be
writes. AHaona then may BE- found =
T0r6 Qhaneellof 0QhilnQ O Master 81
TIE Roilat q Chief Justice HghtinG two
PeeFs Of the realm, q OhancelloT OF the
RTeheaneF fighting Privy OounoelloFi
4 Profess e 4 oolleae fighting 9 Master
Ia ch6neerg, aud another Chief Sastlee
dlsposing nf three craftsmen from the
country. TIE well.kuown Lord New
heEry, Que % Irelan6's Infamous judges,
wns said TO have "nhot %" into prefer
Inent, 50 notorious Vas ha as z duslisi.
A nobls Lord, belnQ aofstta In ssFiei
az iawsulta, called 0ut aeElAtim eozsn
haFrisleFH who had been opposed 10 hiui
A regular Irish code Was complied,
Which became 40 famous under ths
siame q s,tto ttiFtq.six commandment
Of oaluaF, which iaid coWn 10 niosty
al che minuii0 Of proceeding, from the
flmo Of The hfat Insult uuail one or The
oahoF oombatAnt vas disabled on the
Geld. Thsy are given Ia extenso In 81
hine'a PHlatoFg of Dusiinn,p and strike
sX[L.1~~- --l..,l- 40 ,,.l.A ehaa ~
not become amore IFtsh and less nice
with both amusement and asionish'
menk
nsma 10 shs yoar 1870, dusllne vas
aimoai as euEAsnnn % EnRland as IN Ire
land. Tie Duke Of Wellington vhsu
% yeaFs old ehallsnRed the Earl OF
WinehelssA Tor q Supposed public 81.
fronk They inee a an appointed placs
neAE 1leu9on wish their seconds, asd
At RIM wonp xnn puEK FIRED
without hitting bis adversary. The
Earl hred IL he air, and the matter tar
minated. MAeaulay, vhe never dred q
pistol IN his life. accepted q ehaileuge
from q M. Wallace, whose history be
bad reviewed With great aspeElty, but
the dllIloulfy vas composed thFoeRh the
inasrventlob Of friends before The Gtid
% honoF rs reached.
Americas statesmen and publla men
both North and South have Frequently
r4snsaed 30 ne code for q ssttlauasne Of
grievances, and Ne llsl % dueliata COG
aains the nance Of the most eminent
men t3 our history. Hamfltoo, the fore
most staissInan Of bic time, vas killed
oy bufE. Wha vas a chs time Wise Pres
E1aMa "a a. - II..laIA ns.ana Rrha ...af-.
country Waa plunged IN mourning By
this event. bat the facts are too familiar
fss Fopssltlon here.
haa bsaa vsgg llsale ehildaa play or make
believe. when parties sought the Geld
shay uaually shot 10 kiil. and he great
maloFity 81 AmaEloan aaels have had Q
falal Fesult. Oae Of the most eelsbFat.
"a Vas between yaeksoa and Dlckinsou
IN ieoe. u Waa lona before she days OF
jaekeon'a ea inence. and When be vas =
1rawsinR, eafoaaine, hoEee- racing front.
iersmAn, far from dreaming eg fams or
% heoonina PEesiden1 Of the United
states. TIE quarrel originated IN e
hofso. race. bat relenslessneas vas given
- u BY so6aa upereeEviceahle friend
reporting 30 jackson some aspersinna
Dtokiasen bad made 90 bis wife. This
uas the deadly IN thai
lAcKsoN NEvnR EonaAvn,
And shallsnas passeA and vas aeoeps
-. dankson vna a. this time 10 bic
toih year, and bis opponsnt was cone
years younger. Jaekaon vas q good,
Oct not great Hhot utth the pistol. bas
Dicklnaon's performances With sue
Weapca Wefe phenomenAl. He eoela
cal Q stFine ~ ne distance Of twenty
-four paeea AZ The Woga % command
he ooald plant TABLET AFTER bullet Ia q
apaee % larger than 2 silver dollar. He
required ne tine fog aining BAT oaald
eAoot the lne,ant ne word Vas given.
when y became noised IN he streets %
Nasbvslle, where both lived. thai Jaak
sOn and Dsckinaon weFe 10 aahs 4 auel
che former uah given ap a. Lost, fer be
e0uld not poaalhly are as ouickiy a. AZ
lataef. whosa aim was knoun 70 Be fafai.
Many befa uege mada that Jeskann
wUald ueA FesaFn ffon ths hald alive Ths
araund Appointed for The dssl was %
ths borders % kentneAy, q long DAYS
ft1a ffem ka8hxtile. and eaFty cae
mafniHa fee pgtneipAiA acoampanted
- Q teW e111sn ftiand4. eel eul fa4 tes
paac& Dlekinsons paFsy we're Ia "a.
vance, eaiiopAna tAEoagA he wooas and
o~es The tnoanlaina il great eiea ana
makina The valkin Fina With nsFrlnssal.
Every nou aud thsn DieAinaon Wsala
tndelRe ts rtslel practiea, and a ene
hoasa vhees tAey eaoppsd fer FefrssA.
menis Aa performed hia fatortta fsat ~